diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 889d0e40a9460f5d32d467a926ad2720a3089b51..1344a5bbd7efb9fa3ce4331c57c196ae5a11f14a 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function timer_stop($name) {
  *
  * $sites = array(
  *   'devexample.com' => 'example.com',
- *   'localhost/example' => 'example.com',
+ *   'localhost.example' => 'example.com',
  * );
  *
  * The above array will cause Drupal to look for a directory named
diff --git a/sites/example.sites.php b/sites/example.sites.php
index ec6e5850470daaf67d28cab1e7609f71dfcc31fb..1010b2753ff5505acebba81057b0ddb77780c07e 100644
--- a/sites/example.sites.php
+++ b/sites/example.sites.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *
  * $sites = array(
  *   'devexample.com' => 'example.com',
- *   'localhost/example' => 'example.com',
+ *   'localhost.example' => 'example.com',
  * );
  *
  * The above array will cause Drupal to look for a directory named
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
  * signs to enable.
  */
 # $sites['devexample.com'] = 'example.com';
-# $sites['localhost/example'] = 'example.com';
+# $sites['localhost.example'] = 'example.com';